Photo: OldYorkGuy · CC BY-SA 3.0Playter Estates-Danforth has higher household incomes than 77% of Canadian towns
On average, people in Playter Estates-Danforth spend 27.6 minutes getting to work, next to 26 for the middle of Canadian towns. Transit is the way to work for 24% of commuters here. At the 2021 census, Playter Estates-Danforth sat at the middle of Canadian towns on work: 73% of 15-to-64s had a job.
What the numbers say about work in Playter Estates-Danforth
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 14% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 7.1% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Many work from home
58% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs and income in Playter Estates-Danforth earn B−
Better than 46% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #345 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
Graded against Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more; less unemployment and a shorter commute count in its favour.
How the grade works
Census 2021 measures, weighed equally against every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 people or more: the share of residents aged 15 to 64 in work, median household income (2020), the unemployment rate and the average commute. Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
Who in Playter Estates-Danforth has a job
Of the 157 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Toronto census division, 119 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 62% in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 66% of residents that age. Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 57% were working. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: people in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64, and the census unemployment rate (15 and over); the 25-to-54 rate is Statistics Canada’s own (98-10-0485). The Labour Force Survey and business counts are context, not grade inputs.
Leaving the car at home: 44% of commuters in Playter Estates-Danforth
The middle of Ontario’s towns has 0.2% cycling; here, 6.1% do. 47% drive to work, fewer than the 88% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. Home was the workplace for 58%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
Household income in Playter Estates-Danforth: $91,000 at the median
That puts Playter Estates-Danforth 1% below the median of Ontario’s towns, $91,600. Of the 157 other places of 2,500 or more in the Toronto census division, 60 have a higher median. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
In the Toronto census division, 43% more people receive EI than in 2019
For each 100 residents of working age in the division, about 3.5 are on EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%. In February 2021 it reached 165,520, the most in the series and 4 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of the Toronto census division. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walking in Playter Estates-Danforth earns A+
Better than almost every Canadian town on two measures together, #1 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
How Playter Estates-Danforth ranks: 395th of 690 Canadian towns of 5,400 to 10,400
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 81% | 7% | $161K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 19 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 393 | Deer Lake British Columbia | 8,417 | 73% | 8.9% | $102K | B− |
| 394 | Argyle Nova Scotia | 8,216 | 72% | 12% | $71K | B− |
| 395 | Playter Estates-Danforth Ontario | 7,712 | 73% | 14% | $91K | B− |
| 396 | La Pêche Quebec | 9,379 | 80% | 6.2% | $88K | B− |
| 397 | Mount Royale Nova Scotia | 9,340 | 72% | 11% | $73K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 690 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Playter Estates-Danforth, and others among Ontario’s towns.
How Playter Estates-Danforth compares with the places nearby
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playter Estates-Danforth | 73% | 14% | $91K | 27.6 min | B− | A+ |
| North Riverdale 0.9 km | 75% | 8.9% | $116K | 29.1 min | B | A+ |
| Broadview North 1.1 km | 69% | 15% | $70K | 32.8 min | D | A+ |
| Blake-Jones 1.4 km | 67% | 13% | $90K | 31.8 min | C− | A+ |
| North St.James Town 1.8 km | 62% | 18% | $60K | 34.7 min | D− | A+ |
| Cabbagetown-South St.James Town 1.9 km | 73% | 13% | $78K | 29.7 min | C− | A+ |
| South Riverdale 2 km | 73% | 13% | $103K | 31.5 min | C+ | A+ |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and the average commute, with both grades once they come.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Playter Estates-Danforth, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Household income. The census median total income of households in 2020, before tax; a neighbourhood’s is estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
- Neighbourhood figures. The census reaches a neighbourhood only through its dissemination areas, and Playter Estates-Danforth’s figures add those up. Toronto’s page has the commuting flows, which exist only for the whole municipality.
Questions about work in Playter Estates-Danforth
What is the unemployment rate in Playter Estates-Danforth?
Two figures answer it: 14% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 7.1% for the Toronto metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Playter Estates-Danforth?
Before tax, half the households in Playter Estates-Danforth had more than $91,000 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Playter Estates-Danforth get to work?
Driving takes 47% of commuters to work, 24% take public transit, 14% walk and 6.1% cycle, and on census day 58% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Playter Estates-Danforth?
The census places jobs by municipality, so the answer is in Toronto’s figures, with the flows of its commuters.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0323 (EI beneficiaries) · Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (14-10-0459, 14-10-0462) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts (33-10-1176) · grades: TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).